In a follow-up to an HHS hearing on health reform, Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) submitted questions to Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on topics including quality reporting by ambulatory surgery centers, according to an ASC Association release.
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On March 9, the Ambulatory Surgery Center Political Action Committee hosted fundraising events for Congressmen Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Tom Price (R-Ga.), according to an ASC Association release.
The following Q&A comes from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website. It concerns where newly-enrolling and revalidating providers and suppliers will be placed in one of three screening categories — limited, moderate, or high. These categories represent the…
Physicians and patients have discovered a patch made in Utah for numbing skin surfaces prior to injections may also have an "off-label" pain-relieving effect, according to a Deseret News report.
Pain researchers from the University of Utah suggest that by applying the trajectory approach to post-operative pain management, it is possible to develop interventions that target rapid pain resolution, according to a news release about the American Pain Society.
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A new study from Rhode Island Hospital found a significant increase in the occurrence of MRSA infections in the summer and autumn months, with a more pronounced increase in the pediatric population, according to a hospital news release.
A new study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative and published in Medical Care reveals hospitals with higher staffing levels in both intensive care units and non-intensive care units improve patient outcomes, according to…
St. Mary's Surgical Center in Blue Springs, Mo., was recently visited by Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), according a report from the ASC Association in its ASCA Government Affairs Update.
Both the Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate Finance Committee are asking the Obama administration to issue more progress reports on efforts to crack down on fraud, waste and abuse of Medicare and Medicaid providers, according to a report…
The Society of Hospital Medicine, the society representing more than 31,000 hospitalists and the hospital medicine specialty, has implemented several successful patient safety initiatives that have produced greater efficiencies and savings.